MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 21.01,-118.86 Latitude: 21.01 Longitude: -118.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 0 24.7 24.0 96 0.7 24.2 327 24 297.8 301.2 297.3 353.2 19.09 1 1000 12 24.6 23.9 96 0.7 24.1 329 25 297.8 301.2 297.3 352.9 18.98 2 950 462 22.2 22.2 100 0.0 22.2 343 31 299.7 303.0 297.1 352.3 17.96 3 900 932 20.4 20.3 100 0.1 20.4 3 29 302.5 305.6 297.2 352.6 16.93 4 850 1427 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 1 24 305.4 308.4 297.2 352.7 15.78 5 800 1946 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 350 24 308.1 310.8 296.8 351.0 14.19 6 750 2494 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.0 349 23 311.1 313.5 296.5 349.5 12.55 7 700 3074 10.6 9.9 96 0.7 10.2 350 21 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.5 11.03 8 650 3690 7.8 6.9 94 0.9 7.3 350 19 317.8 319.7 296.3 348.3 9.67 9 600 4348 4.8 3.8 93 1.0 4.2 350 19 321.7 323.3 296.4 348.8 8.44 10 550 5055 1.1 0.8 97 0.4 0.9 345 20 325.4 326.9 296.5 349.5 7.38 11 500 5818 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 341 17 329.8 331.1 296.7 350.5 6.19 12 450 6648 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 345 15 334.6 335.6 297.0 351.4 4.92 13 400 7560 -11.7 -12.6 93 0.9 -12.1 32 9 339.8 340.6 297.2 352.7 3.65 14 350 8572 -17.5 -19.9 82 2.4 -18.3 82 13 345.1 345.6 297.4 353.4 2.25 15 300 9708 -26.3 -28.8 79 2.6 -26.9 210 5 348.4 348.6 297.3 352.9 1.18 16 250 10999 -36.6 -38.5 83 1.9 -36.9 253 12 351.6 351.7 297.4 353.8 0.55 17 200 12500 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.9 238 6 353.8 353.8 297.6 354.6 0.20 18 150 14315 -65.6 -65.8 96 0.3 -65.6 122 6 357.1 357.1 298.2 357.3 0.04 19 100 16681 -77.4 -80.8 58 3.4 -77.4 136 15 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.58 m Freezing level: 535.03 mb = 5283.05 m = 17332.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 537.83 mb = 5233.83 m = 17171.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.40 mb = 87.76 m = 287.93 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.31 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.00 mb = 461.79 m = 1515.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.83 mb = 481.67 m = 1580.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.83 mb = 527.71 m = 1731.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 902.83 mb = 905.09 m = 2969.41 ft B at Equ Level: 18.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.83 mb = 11194.48 m = 36726.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.4 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 19.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: -23.6 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 14.09 Bulk Shear: 8.49 m/s